ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Studying has both costs and benefits. If you continue to
study (e.g., for a test) for as long as the marginal benefits
of studying are greater than the marginal costs, and you
stop studying when the two are equal, will your action
be consistent with having maximized the net benefits of
studying? Explain your answer.
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